CARTER, AngelaThe Sadeian Woman London: Virago,, 1979. An Exercise in Cultural History. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt, purple endpapers. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the jacket. First UK edition, first impression, hardback issue. Signed by the author on the title page. Originally published in the US the previous year.

Heller, JosephAutograph Note Signed ("Joseph Heller") to Alfred Eisenstaedt: "For *the* Alfred Eisenstaedt, What an honor and a pleasure to be invited to join your collection! (And someday I will be sorry I did not let you bury me in the sand for that picture you wanted to take with the others)" East Hampton, New York, april 27, 1979. 8vo (8-3/4 x 6-1/4 in.). Leaf from Eisenstaedt&#39;s notebook, recto only. Fine

Loewy, RaymondIndustrial Design Deluxe Edition (Number 3/250 signed) + Signed Limited Raymond Loewy Portfolio "Automobiles" (1975) New York: Overlook Hardcover. 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Number 3 of 250 signed copies, bound in vertically ribbed raspberry cloth in similarly bound slipcase, 250 pp., quarto, illustrated, including some in color including folding plate. Fine copy. ACCOMPANIED BY: Raymond Loewy Portfolio of 4 AUTOMOBILES, published in Fort Wayne, IN by the Bleifeld Group, c. 1975. Apparently limited to 1000 sets, this is number 13. Has 4 photo-offset prints on heavy paper in color, measuring 17 x 22 inches, each numbered 13 and three are initialed in ink by Loewy, the fourth signed in full. The four prints depict 4 Loewy designs of automobiles: a Thunderbird, an Avanti, a Studebaker and one other more futuristic design. Accompanied by tan cover sheet printed in brown telling about the Bleifeld Company and artist Van Dyan, who assisted Loewy in the production of these prints. Housed in thick tan folder with brown wax seal with RL embossed in the wax, and additionally housed in original cardboard mailing container. FINE. This portfolio was apparently limited to 1000 copies. The signatures by Loewy were done using some kind of oil pen that was prone to bleeding - there is a shadowy blur around each signature. Great prints by this major designer and the limited edition of the book is rare, rare, rare.

HUGHES, TedCouples under cover; Ravens; Teaching a Dumb Calf; February 17th [London:] printed for the Rainbow Press by Will Carter,, 1979. 4 large loose sheets printed in black. Strip of toning to Teaching a Dumb Calf, and some general minor creasing to the corners; still an excellent set. First edition thus, complete set of broadside poems taken from Moortown Elegies, which was published as a limited edition by the Rainbow Press a few months earlier. Each sheet one of 100 numbered sets, two numbered 30, two numbered 31, each signed by the author.

Weinberg, StevenA Model of Leptons Physical Review Letters: American Physical Society. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. FIRST EDITION of Steven Weinberg&#39;s model of the electroweak force, one of the essential components of the standard model of particle physics. Weinberg shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "contribution to the theory of the unified and weak electromagnetic interaction." "As Steven Weinberg tells the story, there was Isaac Newton&#39;s theory of gravity, &#39;intended to explain the movements of the celestial bodies and how such things as apples fall to the ground; and there was James Clerk Maxwell&#39;s account of electromagnetism as a way to explain light, radiation, magnetism, and the forces that operate between electrically charged particles.&#39;" The quantum revolution "introduced two new forces, both operating at very short range, within the nucleus of the atom. The strong force holds the particles of the nucleus together and is very strong... The other is known as the weak force, which is responsible for radioactive decay. And so, until the 1960s there were four forces that needed to be reconciled: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak radioactive force" (Peter Watson, The Modern Mind). At Berkeley in 1967, "Weinberg produced a gauge theory that correctly predicted electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. This was later to become known as the electroweak theory. In his paper, &#39;A model of leptons&#39;, he showed that although electromagnetism is much stronger than the weak force of everyday energies, the only way to devise a theory of the weak force is to include the electromagnetic force. Weinberg showed how what was seemingly impossible could be achieved and the forces could be unified through the interchange of particles in spite of the difference in their strengths. Abdus Salam had independently reached the same conclusions and what became known as the Weinberg-Salam model was a major advance on earlier models that had originally been applied to leptons... In 1979 Weinberg shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for this work with Salam and his old school friend Sheldon Glashow, who had extended the work that Weinberg and Salam had independently developed" (Chris Cooper, Physics). The discovery and description of the electroweak force has been confirmed experimentally and now is one of the essential elements of the "standard model" of particle physics. "By 1988, Weinberg&#39;s three-page paper in the Physical Review was the most frequently cited paper in elementary particle physics since the end of World War II" (Lightman, The Discoveries). Particle Physics: One Hundred Years of Discoveries; Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe. In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 19, 1967, pp. 1264-66. Quarto, modern wrappers (without original wrappers); custom box. Fine condition.

Van Allsburg, ChrisThe Garden of Abdul Gasazi Houghton Mifflin Company - First edition, 1979. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg. Book fine, except for slight discoloration on spien and joints. DJ near fine, except for some rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners, small piece missing at tail of spine, small tear (3/4" long) near top of back. In specially made slipcase. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964)Moonraker PROMOTIONAL POSTER Litho in USA. (1979), 1979. FIRST PRINTING. A rare original US promo half-sheet poster for the 1979 United Artists film &#39;Moonraker&#39;, starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming&#39;s James Bond, produced by Cubby Broccoli&#39;s EON Productions. Rolled, condition A. Approx dimensions 22x28 inches, portrait format, now with loose-backed board stiffener. Artwork by Dan Gouzee, the first of three James Bond campaigns by this artist. Date of release; June 1979. His other poster designs include &#39;Enemy Mine&#39; (1985) and &#39;The Mission&#39; (1986). Note on Format; A &#39;half-sheet&#39; is a vertical view American movie poster measuring approx. 22 x 28 inches, generally issued rolled and on thicker stock paper or soft card. RARE compared with US one-sheets or inserts. This copy obtained as part of a collection of &#39;Moonraker&#39; promotional material; the pormo copy has no NSS number printed. It is unusual in the fact it is a vertical view half-sheet. Nourmand, p.116-123, p.207.

DARWIN (CHARLES) [1809-1882]. Keynes (Richard Darwin), introductionThe Journal of a Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle. [With an introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes] Guildford, Surrey: Genesis Publications, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/No dustwrapper, as issued.. Guildford, Surrey: Genesis Publications, 1979. First edition. 843,[1]pp. §The work comprises: a handsome green-and-black printed frontispiece by Roy Williams; Keynes&#39;s introduction; 4 sepia plates; a facsimile of Darwin&#39;s original c.800 page manuscript journal of the voyage; a 5 page facsimile of the manuscript list of the crew; and A Note on the Manuscript. §One of an edition of five hundred numbered copies signed on the colophon by Darwin&#39;s great-grandson George Darwin. Sumptuously bound in original crushed green half morocco, scarlet lettering-piece to spine and upper boards, gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt, in matching cloth slip-case (latter with printed paper label to upper cover). A fine, bright copy in matching slipcase. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - This is a unusually heavy book - weighs around 4 kg not including packaging materials - therefore additional postage will be charged. To order this book PLEASE CONTACT US for a prior shipping quote and for further information).

Willeford, CharlesThe Writing on the Walls [Off the Wall] (Original typescript with profuse holograph corrections) N.p.: N.p., 1979. Charles Willeford&#39;s original, heavily hand-corrected submission to his one-time publisher, Pegasus Rex, for "The Writing on the Walls," eventually re-titled "Off the Wall." Willeford&#39;s name, address, and phone number are in blue holograph ink at the top of the title page, and each of the eighteen chapters (each grouped with paper clips at the top left) have numerous corrections in the author&#39;s hand. Chapters 2, 16, 17, and 18 are the original typescript, the remaining chapters are copies (but with holograph hand corrections). All told, Willeford&#39;s own assemblage of his final manuscript for the book.& & 8.5 x 11 inch sheets, bound by paper clips separately by chapter, Very Good to Near Fine overall. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box.

Capote, Truman (Author) & Dacey, Bob (Artist)OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Mint, 1979. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Mint, 1979. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 194 pages. The author&#39;s breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational American literary debuts of the 20th century. Limited Edition, as stated. There is no ISBN. The book is now rare. A dazzling production by Franklin Mint: Regular-sized volume format. Handsome brown leather boards with gilt design embossed on the cover and gilt titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Text by Truman Capote. Art by Bob Dacey. Capote has written a lovely and nostalgic Introduction which appears in this edition only. Gilt paper edges. Stunning silk cloth endpapers. Bound-in satin ribbon marker. Printed on acid-free archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents "Other Voices, Other Rooms" in a handsome collectible production format. Capote was twenty-four years old when the book was first published in 1948. From the beginning, Capote aspired to and achieved a clean, immaculate style, what he once called the "authentic American voice", which only John Updike and Joan Didion have matched since. The purity of his prose helped define the post-Hemingway and Faulkner American literary style, remains refreshingly contemporary, and is an effective "antibiotic" against far too many toxic "post-modern" writers who cannot write a single decent sentence in the English language. As a writer, Capote had an equal number of admirers and detractors. But to have someone like Cynthia Ozick wax rhapsodic over the first time she read "Other Voices, Other Rooms" is worth more than a thousand words from any other writer. Another great fellow writer considers him F. Scott Fitzgerald&#39;s successor: "The scene stirring with rightness and strangeness, the compressed phrase, the exact yet imaginative word, the devastating metaphorical aptness, a feeling of concentrated excess which at the same time gives the effect of being crystalline" (James Dickey) . A "must-have" edition for Truman Capote collectors. <b><i> This copy is one of the Limited Edition, indicated as such on the Front Limited-Edition Statement Page, and is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen by Truman Capote. This edition is now highly collectible. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and has absolutely no flaws, a pristine beauty. Copies of the 1948 First Edition command about $4000 online. Copies of this edition command as much as $1000. A rare signed copy thus. </b></i> Truman Capote&#39;s "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Boyle, T. CoraghessanDescent of Man Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1979. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of WORLD&#39;S END and DROP CITY, a well-received story collection. Fine/Fine but for one 1/4" closed tear to the rear dust jacket panel. Signed by Boyle on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

De SANA, Jimmy and William BurroughsSubmission: Selected Photographs 1977-1978 New York: Scat Publications, 1979. Near fine in photo illustrated wrappers; the photograph is slightly wavy, else near fine.. First Edition. Thin quarto. SIGNED by De Sana and dated in 1985, and additionally SIGNED by Burroughs. With an original gelatin silver print of the second image in the book, 8 x 10 inches, laid in. The verso of the print, in de Sana&#39;s hand, reads: "Title: Contact Paper / This photo is for reproduction only / [copyright] Jimmy de Sana." 27 black and white photographs printed rectos only depicting a variety of explicit sadomasochistic scenes. One page introductory essay by William Burroughs.

Lam, Wifredo and Michael LeirisContre-charme St. Gallen, Switzerland: Erker Galerie, 1979. Original lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) with facing text by Michael Leiris (1901-1990) in his own lithographically reproduced handwriting. 39 x 57 cm. One of 200 copies signed and numbered in pencil by Lam on BFK Rives. From Erker-Treffen 3.

HUGHES, TedRemains of Elmet London: Rainbow Press,, 1979. Photographs by Fay Godwin. Tall quarto. Original tree calf, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in the publisher&#39;s brown cloth slipcase. 4 plates from photographs by Fay Godwin. A few tiny spots to spine. An excellent copy. First edition, first impression. One of 70 copies on Barcham green charing hand-made paper and bound in tree calf from a limited edition of 180 numbered copies all signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf.

F M BladenHistorical Records of New South Wales 7 Volumes in 8 Mona Vale NSW Australia: Lansdowne Slattery &Company , 1979. This is the facsimile reprint edition of the original publications. Volume 1 Part I Cook 1762-1780 xlii + 526pp. Vol 1 Part II Philip 1783-1792 xxxiii + 747pp. Volume 2 Grose and Paterson 1793-1795, xxvii + 936pp. Volume 3 Hunter 1796-1799 xxxviii + 856pp. Volume 4 Hunter & King 1800-1802, xlv + 1066pp. Volume 5 King 1803-1805 lxviii + 866pp. Volume 6 King and Bligh 1806-1808, lxxvi + 875pp. Volume 7 Bligh & Macquarie 1809-1811, lx + 690pp. This is a standard reference for historians and students interested in the discovery, settlement and exploration of the foundation colony of Australia. In addition to a complete record of Cook&#39;s discovery of Australia, the volumes contain a complete record of all the colony&#39;s official coorrespondence and documents of any consequence relevant to the period 1783 to 1811. All material relevant to Norfolk Island, Tasmania and Victoria is also included, since these areas came under the responsibility of the foundation colony. Arranged in chronological order, each volume with its own individual index. Clean and unmarked. 11 kg unpacked. Overweight, extra postage may be required outside Australia. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Johnson, Philip; Vincent Scully; Peter Eisenman; Robert A.M. SternWritings New York: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1979. First edition. Octavo, white cloth. Very good in slipcase. Limited to 250 Signed Copies by Philip Johnson. Although not called for; this copy is signed by Vincent Scully who contributed the foreword; Peter Eisenman who wrote the introduction; and Robert A.M. Stern who penned the commentary for this fine volume.

[Lois W.]Lois Remembers: Memoirs of the Co-founder of Al-Anon and Wife of the Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (Signed First Edition) New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc, 1979. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed overall with some minor nicking to the edges.

WOLFE, TomThe Right Stuff [Signed] New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition / First printing.. Hardcover.. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.. Octavo. The author&#39;s eighth book and basis for the 1983 Academy Award-winning film, directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey and Veronica Cartwright. ~An extraordinary association copy elaborately SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf in brown ink by the author to personal friend, the artist Richard Merkin, "For Richard, Veteran of the Air Force and Miss Black Burn Campaigns, who forgives (Pace Frazier) clip-on dollar-pins and immortalizes sinners nonetheless, From Tom Wolfe - December 1, 1979." ~An apparently unread copy, bright and clean, with a very tight tight binding in a very near fine dust jacket, which would be considered fine but for the slightest light crease to the spine panel at it&#39;s head, and an associated light crease toward the upper left edge of the front panel. An exceptionally unique copy, beautifully inscribed in the year of publication by the author and highly collectible. From the Richard Merkin Collection.

Wolfe, TomTHE RIGHT STUFF New York: Farrar Straus Giroux,. [1979]. gray green wrappers.. A fine copy. A scarce proof. (#136753). Advance copy of the first edition. An account of America&#39;s first astronauts, the basis for the 1983 Academy Award-winning film. One of Modern Library&#39;s "Top 100" nonfiction books.

(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy & Bob ColacelloANDY WARHOL&#39;S EXPOSURES - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST (WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy & Bob Colacello. ANDY WARHOL&#39;S EXPOSURES - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Signed by the Artist. New York: Andy Warhol Books / Grosset & Dunlap, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Jacket designed by Andy Warhol. "Andy Warhol&#39;s Exposures" is the late, great Pop Artist&#39;s massive survey of candid photographs of the crème de la crème of New York&#39;s monde and demi-monde of the seventies From Mick and Bianca to Halston and Liza, everyone who was anyone after midnight at Studio 54 is captured here in a flash of glory! A most handsome copy of the stated first edition, first printing BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" vertically in black marker across its lightly sunned, price-clipped dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-448-12850-0 Inventory Number: 022167&

Murakami, HarukiHear The Wind Sing Japan: Kodansha Publishers Ltd, 1979. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) of the Japanese edition published in 1979 making it the true world first. The dust jacket is in as new. The book itself is in fine as new unread condition. It has the undamaged ribbon intact, also present is the original lightly rubbed OBI (belly-band) wrapped around the jacket. A very scarce first edition of the first book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series, a superb collectible copy..

CAGE, JohnEmpty Words Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press,, 1979. Writings &#39;73&#150;&#39;78. Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine in white, grey endpapers. With the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed at extremities, cloth a little mottled. An excellent copy in the jacket that is a little rubbed along the edges with some nicks and short splits and a small tape mark to the upper panel. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For [?] with friendship, John Cage". The recipient&#39;s name, which is illegible, is in a different ink and may have been inserted at a later date than the rest of the inscription.

[DeMILLE, Nelson] BLOCK, Thomas HMayday Richard Marek Publishers New York: Richard Marek Publishers. (1979). First. First edition. Slightly cocked with accompanying waviness along the spine, a tiny abrasion on the front paste down and bumped corner, about near fine in about near fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear at the heel of the spine and wrinkling along the bottom front edge. Signed by the DeMille. The true first edition of this scarce title, a thriller co-written with Block, a pilot and DeMille's childhood friend. DeMille's co-authorship was originally unattributed, and the book club edition (lacking a priced jacket as this has) is sometimes mistakenly offered as a first edition. Very likely the most difficult DeMille book to obtain, particularly in this condition and signed. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. .

Seamus HeaneyField Work London: Faber & Faber, 1979 First UK Edition. Fine book in a Fine Dust Jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Beautiful copy without any jacket fading.. Signed by Author. First Edition.

KINSELLA, ThomasOne and Other Poems [together with] Fifteen Dead Dublin: The Dolmen Press in association with Peppercanister,, 1979. 2 volumes, octavo. Original japon backed green boards, titles to spines, designs to upper boards, and top edges gilt. In the publisher&#39;s slipcase. A fine set. One of a limited edition of 150 numbered sets, each book signed by the author on the limitation leaf.

Hofstadter, Douglas RGodel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid New York: Basic Books, 1979. First edition of the author&#39;s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo, original brown cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with the usual spine fade. Uncommon signed. Hofstadter&#39;s great achievement in Gödel, Escher, Bach was making abstruse mathematical topics (like undecidability, recursion, and &#39;strange loops&#39;) accessible and remarkably entertaining. Borrowing a page from Lewis Carroll (who might well have been a fan of this book), each chapter presents dialogue between the Tortoise and Achilles, as well as other characters who dramatize concepts discussed later in more detail. Allusions to Bach&#39;s music (centering on his Musical Offering) and Escher&#39;s continually paradoxical artwork are plentiful here. This more approachable material lets the author delve into serious number theory (concentrating on the ramifications of Gödel&#39;s Theorem of Incompleteness) while stopping along the way to ponder the work of a host of other mathematicians, artists, and thinkers.

Tranter, NigelOriginal Artwork for the Dustwrapper of Margaret the Queen London: Hodder, 1979. Val Biro&#39;s finished artwork for the first edition d/w of this book, image 9" x 11.3", in gouache on artboard, would look beautiful framed for any ardent Tranter fan, signed by Biro. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition Artwork. No Book/Original Dustjacket Artwork. Illus. by Val Biro.